pick up a bug

Frequency: 7.19.9 per million words

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Examples (10)

  • I think I'm starting to pick up a bug.
  • She must have picked up a nasty bug on her flight.
  • Be careful at the daycare; it's easy to pick up a stomach bug there.
  • Did you pick up that bug that's been going around the office?
  • He might have picked up a bug from his kids.
  • I'm trying to avoid picking up a bug before my vacation.
  • Everyone in the class seems to have picked up the same bug this week.
  • By the time he got home, he realized he had picked up a bug at the conference.
  • Wash your hands often so you don't pick up a bug.
  • I had to cancel my plans because I picked up a terrible bug.